IB MYP Combined Science

1. Making Sense of
Energy
Grade 8

2. What Makes You Say That?

3. [ATL Information Literacy Skills –
Access information to be informed and
inform others.]
• Activity: Making Sense of Energy
Get a quick overview of the concept of energy:
bit.ly/Gr8-Energy1
[Development of IB Learner Profile – Caring – The learners will have the
opportunity to reflect on how the class can think of ways to provide economical
energy solutions for the school.]

4. Short Answer Essay
A. Explain how energy impacts the quality of life for individuals and
society.
B. Think about our school and its use of energy. What are your
school’s primary and secondary sources of energy?
C. Discuss what the similarities and differences are between the
different units of energy (ex. Watt, Joule, Lumen).
D. Brainstorm some of the impacts you think your generation’s energy
consumption is having today and on tomorrow’s future generations.
E. What are some examples of energy decisions you make every day?

5. Energy is a physical quantity that cannot
be ______________or destroyed.
A.Transformed
B.Created
C.Lost
D.Produced
E. Changed

6. Where does most of the Indonesia
electricity come from (primary source)?
A.Wind
B.Nuclear
C.Solar
D.Coal
E. Natural Gas

7. Energy choice impacts the quality of an
individual and society by ________.
A.Impacting Natural Security
B.Impacting Environmental Quality
C.Impacting Economic Systems
D.Impacting Natural Resource Production
and Consumption
E. All of the Above

8. What is a source of energy that is
internal to the earth systems?
A.Sun
B.Moon
C.Tides
D.Radioactive Decay
E. All of the Above

9. Which of the following provides the most
energy for our ecosystem?
A.Moon
B.Sun
C.Stars
D.Oxygen
E. Carbon Dioxide

10. Short Answer Essay
A. Explain how energy impacts the quality of life for individuals and
society.
B. Think about our school and its use of energy. What are your
school’s primary and secondary sources of energy?
C. Discuss what the similarities and differences are between the
different units of energy (ex. Watt, Joule, Lumen).
D. Brainstorm some of the impacts you think your generation’s energy
consumption is having today and on tomorrow’s future generations.
E. What are some examples of energy decisions you make every day?

11. [ATL Communication Skills –
Organize and depict information logically.]
• Activity: Energy Change Matrices
1. Identify some machines in terms of energy
changes.
Electrical Light Sound
Electrical Light Bulb
Light
Sound

12. [ATL Information Literacy Skills – Access
information to be informed and inform others.]
Activity: Energy and Development
In groups, watch all these online videos about the ways in
which the Science and Technology of energy is being used
to help people better their conditions of life in
disadvantaged parts of the world.
 What are the energy challenges of the places shown?
 What methods are shown for using energy more effectively?
 What have been the good and the bad consequences of using
machines to do work?

13. [ATL Information Literacy Skills – Access
information to be informed and inform others.]
Activity: Energy and Development
Making Better Stoves for Cooking:
www.africancleanenergy.com
Energy for Opportunity in Sierra Leone:
http://youtu.be/WON3XvKjisw
European Union Sustainable Energy Projects in Somalia:
Somali Energy and Livelihoods Project